The tragedy of the many poor who have been thrown out of their homes by big dams does not arouse us. The tragedy of the middle-class Kashmiri Pandits who were forced to leave their homes does. The latter are called refugees in their own homeland.
The dispossessed adivasis and rural poor who did not have relatives that they could flee to in Delhi do not attract national sympathy. Nor do the Kashmiri Muslims who had to flee Kashmir, in spite of their outnumbering the Kashmiri Pandits. Clearly we are still in the process of moving towards modern nationhood. The model of modernity which Indians must aspire towards cannot be the same as that in the West. We are far too heterogeneous to ever become the kind of nation which fascist Germany once aspired to be.
And our forms of production are still not capitalistic enough to become the kind of melting pot of identities which the USA was. We must define our own modernity. That universal framework of Indian reason must be the framework through which our nationhood and patriotism must be defined. It must be a patriotism which seeks with Gandhiji the happiness of the poorest of the poor as the index of our national development.
It must be a patriotism which sees the freedom of the smallest of the minorities as the index of our social development.
It must be a patriotism which comes into action every day, through a conscience that sees lying to customers, exploiting labourers, cheating on tax, paying bribes, adding sand to cement, oppressing the poor, paying obeisance to the powerful, all these daily acts of betrayal of the people as treason. Every secular space in a modern country teaches a lesson of patriotism. But school education is a special area for our concern.
It is here where most young people come together crossing the old boundaries of religion and caste. But they significantly diverged along the way, and one has a much more positive connotation than the other. Do you know which is which? The term often brings to mind people directly involved with the defense of a nation, namely military service members as well as state and local government representatives. For example: The soldiers showed exemplary patriotism defending their country from attack.
Patriotism, however, can take many other forms outside serving in the military and public office. Diplomats , teachers, first responders , and so many more all exemplify patriotism in the many forms of good they do in service of their communities. There are millions of government employees, as well as millions who volunteer their time in the interest of their country. As early as , extreme patriotism, spurred by fears a war with France, led Congress to enact the Alien and Sedition Acts allowing the jailing of certain U.
In , early fears of Communism triggered the Palmer raids resulting in the arrest and immediate deportation without trial of more than 10, German- and Russian-American immigrants. After the December 7, , Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor , the Franklin Roosevelt administration ordered some , American citizens of Japanese ancestry imprisoned in internment camps for the duration of World War II. During the Red Scare of the early s, the McCarthy era saw thousands of Americans accused without evidence by the government of being communists or communist sympathizers.
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Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. It is readiness and willingness to serve that is the basis of our strength and the source of our freedom. I believe this is called patriotism. With it comes courage. Courage is how you handle and react to fear. A real test of courage is the ability to handle or deal with your fear, regardless of the personal consequences, in order to accomplish your purpose at the time and place you find yourself.
I have been able to go through elementary school to college and even on to law school regardless of my gender and race. I count my blessings every day that I was able to grow up in a country where I could pursue my education unhindered. I have traveled around the world and to me, patriotism is an education free of boundaries and knowing that all I need to achieve my dreams is my own willpower. It is the sensation you feel every time you sing the "Star Spangled Banner. It is having a government, even though they may not always make the right decisions in our minds.
Patriotism is the love we share for our country no matter what perils she encounters. It is the combined will of our people to stand by this great country we call home. To me patriotism means being faithful to my country and its Constitution.
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